Bruce Alston

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

You've got inflation concerns and you've Greenspan, who is probably going to be hawkish.

As far as bond-land goes, everything's fine.

We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.

The dramatic sell-off in equities is really driving the bond market today.

I don't see in the market any real driving forces. People aren't too excited one way or another.

That's a pretty strong unemployment number. It's putting a lot more pressure on the (Federal Reserve) to raise interest rates.

Inflation in the pipeline is building. We're probably going to see a strong employment number and that's not going to be helpful.

The market's extremely skittish. There's concerns about strong economic growth and tomorrow's (jobs) number.

The G7 has historically mentioned concern about a strong yen. That particular issue was not addressed.